IKEA SPOTTED: In A Daily Grace Thursday How-To Video // MAMMUT wall shelf in red, HEMNES 8-drawer dresser in gray-brown

Go check out Daily Grace’s Youtube channel. She’s funny shit. Erm… not shit. Person. She’s a person. A funny person.

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:)@ Ding!

GET THE LOOK @ IKEA // bar stools (no longer listed on US site), HENRIKSDAL chair in svanby gray/brown-black frame, BJURSTA dining table in brown

Here are a few more images of the IKEA flat packed house I posted about on Saturday.

IKEA SPOTTED // HEMNES daybed frame with 3 drawers in white, EXPEDIT 4x4 bookcase in white

IKEA SPOTTED // IKEA PS cabinet in white, ARÖD work lamp in gray

[ photo by Nina Broberg for Ikea Livet Hemma ]

IKEA HUMOR SPOTTED // one does not simple purchase one thing at ikea…

THE IKEA HOUSE //  “The design for Ikea’s new Aktiv home includes a bedroom, an en suite bathroom, and an open living room, kitchen and dining room area. It measures 53ft by 14ft and comes with two large walk-in storage cupboards.”

You know I love IKEA products an unhealthy amount, but as a student of architecture I can’t tell how I feel about this IKEA house. Speaking from the standpoint of someone who lives in the United States where ‘bigger is better’, I like the idea of smaller, efficient living spaces common in Europe and other parts of the world being made more accessible to the American public. On the other hand, mass produced, cookie cutter houses, albeit updated, more interesting, and efficient than what you’d find in the typical United States suburb, make me uneasy. Their utter convenience (and lower price) threatens us architectural design folk. I don’t foresee a huge influx of these homes taking over suburbia in the States, but the thought is still unsettling to me.

Your thoughts?

IKEA SPOTTED // VIKA AMON table top in white, VIKA ARTUR trestle with shelf in white, RIBBA picture ledge in white

IKEA SPOTTED // KIVIK sofa in tranås black, EKTORP JENNYLUND chair in blekinge white, NYFORS floor lamp